John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On a point of order, last week, following the Minister's appearance before the committee, I and other members wrote to the Chair stating, and it was certainly my belief, that the Minister gave misleading information before the committee. I asked that he would arrange to bring the Minister back before the committee. Subsequent to that request the Minister sent a letter to the committee on Thursday of last week. That letter appeared in certain media outlets online before committee members received a copy of that letter. It appears the letter was leaked to the media in advance of it coming to the committee or committee members. This is very serious. Not alone is it very disrespectful but it also calls the integrity of the committee into question. What needs to happen immediately is that we write to the Business Committee and express our disquiet or unhappiness with the way the process happened. The media had this very important letter before committee members.